ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,129, issued on March 18, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek, South Korea).

"Brake pad assembly having a pad spring for a disk brake system and disk brake system" was invented by Hatem Shahin (Pfaffenhofen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application relates to a brake pad assembly (10) for a disk brake system and to a disk brake system. The proposed brake pad assembly (10) comprises a back plate (5) having a front side (4) for facing a brake disk (1) of the disk brake system and a friction layer (3) arranged on the front side (4) of the back plate (5) for contacting a friction surface of the brake disk (1). The ba...